1. RUSSIA
EUROPE
CULTURE: VOLGA TATAR

2. SO, THEY ARE
RUSSIAN
The capital of Russia is
Moscow.
Volga Tatars live in Russia, in
the Republic of Tatarstan.
Kazan is the capital of the
Republic of Tatarstan
KAZAN
Tatarstan is located between the
Volga River and the Ural Mountains.
THEY LIVE IN RUSSIA.

3. VOLGA TATAR
MAIN CULTURE IN
RUSSIA
RUSSIAN
LANGUAGES.
THEY SPEAK
TATAR
FLAG OF
RUSSIA
FLAG OF
TATARSTAN
EMBLEM

4. TATAR LANGUAGE
äye — yes
yuq — no
isänme(sez)/sawmı(sız) — hello
sälâm — hi (less formal)
saw bul(ığız)/xuş(ığız) — goodbye
zínhar öçen — please
TYPICAL HOUSE
It’s called IZBA. It´s made of
wood and straw (roof).
Tatar houses are often surrounded by
low fences to keep in their animals.

5. FOOD
Belesh (soup) Pilaw (boiled meat) Chakchak (honey cake)
They like…
Tatar cuisine is rich with hot soups (şulpa), dough-based dishes
(qistibi, pilmän, öçpoçmaq,…) and sweets (çäkçäk, göbädiä,...).
Traditional Tatar drinks include ayran, katyk and kumys. Lamb and
rice play a prominent role in the traditional Tatar diet.
Chebureki
(fried lamb dumplings)
Peremech
(meat pie)

6. CLOTHES
Clothes are made of bright materials and are
carefully decorated.
TUBETEI
CHITEK VALENKI
JEWELRY
Men and women always
wear a hat called
TUBETEI, KALFAK,
YAULYK.
KALFAK
The costume includes
beautiful boots,
CHITEK, made of
colourful leather.
Tatar women
traditionally wear a lot
of jewelry
VALENKI are
traditional russian
shoes.

7. FAMILY
Family structure is based on traditional values.
Weeding: the choice of a bride is made by the groom´s parents
(agreements).
Tatars often encourage endogamy (marriage to other Tatars) out of the belief
that it will help keep the Tatar identity from being lost. Family size is usually
larger than that of neighbouring populations and is often an extended family
of three or more generations.

8. RELIGION
They are mainly Sunni Muslims. Other
religions: Russian Orthodox Christianity,
old believers,…
CURRENCY
The currency is the Russian Rouble.
MEANS OF
TRANSPORT
Trolleybus
(It’s the
cheapest
transport)

9. COYPRINUS
CARPIO
ANIMALS
URAL OWL
ELK
BADGER

10. PLANTS
TAIGAS (Northern
or Boreal Forests)
Pine trees
TUNDRA (Subglacial land
which hardly has vegetation)
Moss
Birch forest
CENTRAL BLACK EARTH
REGION
Cereals
Prunus Serrulata
Kanzan (Cherry
tree) Cabbage

11. RIVERS
MOUNTAINS
Koshtan-
Tau
(5.142
m.)
The Volga River is
the longest river in
Europe.
GEOGRAPHY
Mount Elbrus (5.642m) is the
highest peak in Russia.
LAKE
Lake Baikal is the most
voluminous, the deepest,
the oldest and one of the
clearest in the world.
SEA
Caspian
Sea.
It’s the largest
enclosed
inland body of
water on Earth.
The Lena River is the longest
river in Russia.

12. WEATHER
WINTER
SUMMER
Temperatures in summer are warm (+20 ºC)
Winters are freezing with very low
temperatures (under -16º C)

13. JOBS
Tatarstan’s major natural resources include oil, natural gas, and
petrol.
GAS PETROLOIL
Traditional occupations of the Tatars include agriculture, hunting, fishing, crafts,
and trade. Under Soviet rule, many jobs were in state-run agricultural and
industrial collectives.

14. Tchaikovsky
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Valentina Vladimirovna
MUSICIAN
ASTRONAUT
Fiódor Dostoyevski
WRITER

15. SPORTS
FOOTBALL
HORSE RACING
The horse is an important part
of the traditional Tatar culture.
MONUMENTS
THE KREMLIM
RED SQUARE
SAINT BASIL’S
CATHEDRAL
KAZAN
KREMLIM

16. ART
The ancestors of the modern Tatars were skilled in
crafting jewelry of gold, silver, bronze, and copper.
They also were known for making pottery with
engraved ornaments, as well as for crafting metal
decorations and bronze locks in the shape of
animals.

17. CURIOSITIES
• For centuries, there was tension
between ethnic Russians and Tatars. As a
result, the Tatars suffered
from discrimination, which affected how
they came to interact with Russian
society. The Tatars of today typically live
in small communities and often rely on a
network of friends and business contacts
from within the Tatar community.
• Tatar literature has often emphasized the
role of the artist in voicing the ideals of the
Tatar people.
• TATAR POPULATION: 6.6 million.
• Tatars used to be nomads.
• Tatars are descendants of
Mongol and Turkic people,
who formed the Mongolian
Empire, founded by
conqueror Genghis Khan.

18. The most popular celebration is the week-long
Festival of the Plow, or Sabantuy, held in spring, which
ends with a day of singing, dancing, and sporting events.
CURIOSITIES
• Flowers are given as a symbol of friendship and courtesy. It has
to be an odd number (1,3,5,7,9,…) because even numbers
(2,4,6,8,10,…) are given as an offering to dead people.
They pray in groups and offer sacrifices to the God of the Sun and ancestor spirits.
They think all this is good for the reproduction of the animals, the fertility of the
plants,…